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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Waterville City Council gives initial OK to funding housing, nonprofit initiatives
Councilors debated for hours Tuesday night about how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding, and must take second votes on funding for housing initiatives and outside agencies that requested money.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2024
Waterville council hears complaints about homeless people, gives nod to soup kitchen funding
Businesses around the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen complained to city officials that their employees are afraid of some homeless people loitering in the area and confronting and scaring them.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2024
Waterville City Council gives initial OK for $50,000 to soup kitchen
Some city councilors said they were concerned that American Rescue Plan Act money would not be given equitably if, for instance, other social service agencies asking for the same amount and are denied.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2024
Reporting Aside: ‘Together’ art project engages community
That Peter Bruun is putting his heart and soul into a months long community art initiative was palpable Monday as he worked with a homeless mother and son on an art project at the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen's warming center, Amy Calder writes.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2024
Reporting Aside: Waterville soup kitchen offers a hot meal, a warm place
The Lighthouse Waterville Area Soup Kitchen on Monday opened an afternoon warming center and has launched a new fundraising campaign, the $100 Club, seeking 1,800 people to donate $100 each to fund the kitchen for a year.
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen
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